There is a 'growing feeling' among Europe's top clubs that Raheem Sterling will consider leaving Manchester City this summer and Chelsea are showing the 'greatest interest', according to reports.
Sterling is known to be the subject of interest from Thomas Tuchel's side this summer with a rebuild eyed in west London. Chelsea are prepared to revamp their attack, signalled by their intent of being willing to listen to offers for attacking trio Hakim Ziyech, Christian Pulisic and Timo Werner.
Potential replacements have been shortlisted - Sterling is among the shortlist which also includes RB Leipzig's Christopher Nkunku and out of contract Barcelona winger Ousmane Dembele. Sterling's teammate Gabriel Jesus is also of interest, with the Brazilian having been offered to Chelsea.
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Sterling's situation in Manchester is being monitored by the Blues. He is out of contract next summer and the 27-year-old us yet to offer any indication over his future.
Now the Telegraph report that clubs across Europe believe Sterling is ready to embark on a new chapter away from the Etihad Stadium.
Chelsea are claimed to be the club in England showing the most interest, while Real Madrid are also keeping tabs. Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur have been linked with the England international previously, however Sterling 'would be unlikely' to consider either.
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An offer from Chelsea would be attractive to Sterling, as per the report, giving Tuchel plenty to think about considering he is now in charge of who the Blues sign this summer after Todd Boehly promised him of control over their transfer targets.
Whether Manchester City would want to sell him to a fellow English team is unclear, though it is unlikely that they would want to lose him on a free transfer next summer.
Tuchel has already publicly hinted of a potential attacking addition this summer after not being totally satisfied with the output of his expensive forward line.
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He said last month: If we stick to the group then we will try to solve it with these players. Is it necessary to bring more offensive players around the box to create more distractions, to create more space for each other? We will ask that question. Can we do better in the structure? Can we push the players more? Did we rotate too much? Let’s see.
"There are a lot of options. The numbers we produce from our offensive players don’t allow us to over-perform and we need over-performance if we want to be nearer to the top two teams. I am not pointing fingers, I am not blaming anybody, but we need over-performance from everybody. It’s not over-performance if we have only single figures in scoring and assisting."
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